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Patented June 24, 1884.

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JOHN J. IRVINE, OF OHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND LINDSY L. IRVINE, OF SAME PLACE.

OIL-CUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,980, dated June 24, 1884.

Application filed March 14, 1884.

T M whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN J. IRVINE, of Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and Improved Oil-Cup, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved oil-cup which is so constructed that the flow of oil increases and decreases with the speed of the machine, no oil is wasted, and the cup cannot become clogged.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part-of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved oil-cup. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bottom plate of the oil-cup. Fig. 4 is a side view of a beveled plate for operating the oiler. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the arm for lifting the feeder.

Ais the oil-cup, screwed on a plate, A, provided at its bottom with ascrew-threaded neck, 13, screwed into a cross-head or other guide, 0, and through a plate, D, held between the guide 0 and the plate A, which plate D is provided with a tubular standard, E, through which a spindle, F, passes loosely, which is provided at its lower end with a beveled projection, F, which extends below the plate D, and which spindle is surrounded by a spiral spring, G, pressing it downward. The spindle F is guided by a transverse pin, H, the ends of which project into vertical slots J .in the sides of the tubular standard E. The spindle'F is screw-threaded, and on the part projecting from the top of the tubular standard E a nut, L is screwed, upon which an arm, L, is held by an ornamental nut, M, screwed on the upper end of the spindle. its upper surface with a recess or socket for receiving the nut M, and with a slit, L, to permit the spindle F to pass into the end of the arm. The cover M, screwed on the cup A, is provided with an upwardly-projecting The arm L is provided in 4 (No model.)

neck, of, and with a concentric internallyscrew -threaded neck, 0, between which necks the filling-funnel P is screwed. A series of apertures, a, are formed in the cover between the necks N and O. A spindle, Q, secured to the arm L, projects down through the neck N to the bottom of the cup, and is provided at its lower end with a pin, R, of less diameter, which pin fits in an aperture, S, extending through the neck B. A washer, T, is held on the shoulder 1), formed at the lower end of the spindle Q, the upper end of the pin B beingprovided with a groove, (1, for receiving the inner edge-of the washer, and thus holding the washer in place. If a reciprocating piece of machinerysuch as a crosshead guide, G-is to be oiled, a beveled block, U, is fixed on the cross-head to act in the beveled projection F of the spindle F. If a revolving shaft, Y, is to be oiled, a cam projection, WV, is arranged on the shaft V, or on a ring on the shaft, in such a manner that it can act on the beveled projection F at the lower end of the stem or spindle F, and force the said stem or spindle upward at each revolution of the shaft.

The operation is as follows: Every timea cam or like device on a movable part of ma chinery strikes the lower end, F, of the spindle F the spindle is raised and .raises the spindle Q, thus permitting a small quantity of the lubricant in the cup A to pass through the hole S to the movable part. By means of the nuts L and M the movement of the spindles F and Q can be regulated to be greater or less,

delivered every time the spindle Q is lifted. A scale is formed at the side of one of the edges of one of the slots J, so as to show the stroke of the spindle F and of the spindle Q. The spring G presses the washer T on the bottom ofthe cup and prevents a leakage of oil. If the spindle Q is to be removed for cleaning the cup, the nut M is loosened, and then the arm L can be swung from the spindle F. If the cup A is to be filled, the funnel P is partly unscrewed, and the oil is poured into it and down between the inner surface of the funnel and the oiler-surface of the neck N to the bottom of the space between the necks N and O, and flows through the apertures a into the cup. If a revolving shalt is to be oiled, the cam projection WV on the ring V raises the spindle F once for each revolution, and the shaft is oiled in the same manner as the guide. A pin, 6, on guide or bearing 0 enters a hole,

f, in late D, to prevent turning of the plate by the action of the cam W or block U on the end F of the shaft F.

I am aware that it is not new to connect the valve spindle of a lubricator to a parallel spring-operated spindle working in brackets on the oil-cup, which spindle is operated by a cam on the moving part of the machinery, and

I do not desire to claim such construction,

necting the spindles Q and F, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with an oil-cup, of the spindle Q in the same, the tubular standard.

-19, formed on the plate 1) and extending up to the top of the oil-cup, the screw-spindle F in the standard, the spring G, the arm L, connecting the spindles'F and Q, and the nut L on the spindle F, between the top of the standard E and arm L, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with an oil-cup, of the spindle Q in the same, the plate D, provided with the large central opening and small openingf, and formed with the tubular standard E, the spindle F, held in the standard and proherein shown and described.

4. The combination, with an oil-cup, of the spindle Q, the tubular standard E, having slots J, the screw-threaded spindle F, the cross-pin H in the same, the arm L, the nuts L and M, and the spring G, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. The combination, with an oil-cup, of the spindle Q, the spindle F, adapted to be moved vertically by the moving parts of machinery, the arm L, secured on the upper end of the spindle Q, and provided at its opposite end with a socket, and a slit, L,- for receiving the spindle F, and of the nut M, the lower end of which fits into said socket for holding the arm L in place on the spindle F, substantially as herein shown and described.

6. The combination, 'with an oil-cup, of the vertically-movable spindle Q, having a pin, R, of less diameter than said spindle, to form ashoulder, b, on its lower end, and an annular groove, d, at the upper end of the pin R, adjacent to shoulder b, and of a washer, T, resting against said shoulder, and having its inneredge in the groove (2, substantially as herein shown and described.

7. The combination, with an oil-eup, of the cover M, the necks N and O, apertures in said cover between said necks, and the funnel P, held between the necks, substantially as herein shown and described.

I JOHN J. IRVINE.

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JOHN H. BURNETT, A. M. SrEieI-Itrs. 

